In one of his tweets, Akshay Kumar wrote “Variety is the spice of life” and yes, the actor is living up to it. He started his career with action-thriller films that earned him the name “Khiladi Kumar”. Next, he opted for comedy genre doing films like Bhool Bhulaiya and Garam Masala, he even pulled masala entertainers like Rowdy Rathore and Khiladi 786 equally well. But seeing his present work in the social genre, he is not less than a Social Messiah of Bollywood. All these films have proven to be blockbusters at the box-office! Taking a note of his exceptionally outstanding films, here’s the filmography of Akshay’s social genre cinema.

OMG – Oh My God!

This film features Akshay in the role of modern-age Krishna who gives the lessons of life to an atheist named Kanji Lalji Mehta, played by Paresh Rawal. The film’s main motto is to make people realize about the business few god man are running on the name of God. The film received a great response and did change the perception of many individuals.

Special 26

This film is about the black money getting stolen by fake CBI officers. Akshay is heading this fake team, who specifically cons dishonest people. Though he pulled a negative trait in this role, yet he won hearts by not cheating an honest police officer played by Manoj Bajpai.

Baby

Baby starred Akshay in the role of selfless undercover agent Ajay Singh Rajput. Seeing his mannerism and his love to serve the nation made this film stand out. He also performed some astonishing action sequences in the film.

Airlift

The film is about a man who has everything it takes to evade the nation at times of crisis, but he chooses to help out other stranded people instead. Based on real life incidents, Airlift starred Akshay in lead with Nimrat Kaur playing his supporting wife.

Jolly LL.B 2

Jolly LL.B 2 is about an aimless lawyer played by Akshay, who is striving to seek justice for a woman who died because of his bluff. The film touched the social issues of corruption.

Toilet: Ek Prem Katha

The title might sound humorous, but the film is based on a very serious topic of open defecation in India. Here, Akshay plays a groom who’s wife refuses to settle for the practice of open defecation followed in his village. The film is supporting PM Narendra Modi’s Swacch Bharat Mission. It will be releasing on August 11.

Further, Akshay will continue his drive of delivering social messages with his next film PadMan that primarily focuses on the taboo of menstrual hygiene in India.